Predictive Variables of Work and Academic Engagement in Workers and Students of a Peruvian University

Abstract

Objective.
To analyze the personal, psychological and labor or academic variables that predict engagement in
workers (professors and administrative workers) and students of a Peruvian university. Study 1 analyzes work
engagement; Study 2, academic engagement.
Method.
The participants were 512 workers and 1078 students
from a private university in Lima, Peru. All were administered the SF-36, the Affectivity and Flourishing scales 
that assess well-being, the Work or Academic UWES-9 and the scales of Professional Self-efficacy of the MBI
for the workers, and the Academic Self-efficacy for students.
Results.
The predictive variables most significant
for work engagement were job satisfaction (
β
= 0.34,
p
< 0.001), professional self-efficacy (
β
= 0.021,
p
<
0.001) and flourishing (
β
=0.21,
p
<0.001); for academic engagement: satisfaction with the career (
β
= 0.35,
p
< 0.001), flourishing (
β
= 0.33,
p
< 0.001) and academic self-efficacy (
β
= 0.19,
p
< 0.001).
Conclusion.
The
predictive variables of engagement were similar in both studies. The most important ones were satisfaction with
work or career, self-efficacy and flourishing, which is the dimension of well-being that entails a purposeful life,
characterized by positive and gratifying social relationships.